UND is using a Arena that is owned by a private corporation.
The arena is sitting on university propterty. 

Eric J. Burton
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Not an issue, UND doesn't own the arena.

- Erik

Bill Corrigan wrote:
>     Cynical me, but I have to wonder whether, to some degree, UND's  
> stance on this matter has anything to do with stipulations Ralph  
> Englestad may have imposed when he donated the construction costs of  
> the new Englestad Arena in 1999.  I seem to remember that he  threatened 
> to have his company withdraw from the project if the  University voted 
> to change either the school's athletic logo (Indian  head) or nickname 
> (Fighting Sioux).
> 
>     Could it be that there was a binding provision in the gift  
> arrangement that (still) prevents the University from altering  
> characteristics of this sort that are displayed in the arena?
> 
>     I know that the NCAA edict applies to all athletic teams/sites at  
> UND, but is it possible that the University is making this stand (at  
> least in part) because it is seeking to avoid a legal challenge in  
> connection with any remodeling of their most expensive structure if  the 
> NCAA prevails in this matter?
> 
>     I'm sure there are far more weighty issues involved than those  
> pertaining to the University's marquee sport and facility but,  
> nevertheless, it's interesting to speculate.